On Jun 13, 2010, at 10:58 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 13-6-2010 7:32, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote: >> >> >> >> TEXMFHOME = "~/texmf-home", -- "tree:///~/texmf >> >> for mkii, however, it is set in texmf.cnf (l. 31) >> >> TEXMFHOME = $HOME/texmf >> >> why these two different values? I consider texmf-home as wrong. > > because i dislike having a 'texmf' other than the main one anywhere (if only > because it makes tracing a pain) .. i'll set it to texmf but will probably > add some warnings in a future version >
Well, I know that, we've been discussing it for a while. But then both mkii and mkiv still should have the same value. And ~/texmf is the canonical thing; disregarding it will confuse any casual user. > > strange as that should be intercepted. I'll see what my mac does with it when > i hav eit up and running. > I get the same behavior on linux. > > tree:// is just one of the uri's supported (and permits loading files from > some tree) and this scheme is autoinserted when no !! is used; the !! will > become cache:// .. much of that is still experimental OK, thanks for the info. I used to have my own configuration, but environment variables aren't used any more. How does mkiv store the config information now? How could I overwrite the values that mtxrun --variables shows? All best Thomas ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
